Test Your Health & Safety Smarts
Editor's note: The following is part of a quiz that was given toattendees of the 1997 NAA News-paper Operations SuperConference. What is yourHealth & Safety I.Q.?
1. The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970does not specifically establish which of the following bodies?
a)Occupational Safety and Health Administration
b) National Institute ofOccupational Safety and Health
c) Occupational Safety and Health ReviewCommission
d) National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health
e)National Commission on State Workman's Compensation Laws
2. An OSHA area director has the authority tosettle a case without invoking the court system.
a) True
b)False
3. According to the Hazard CommunicationStandard, the label on a container of hazardous chemicals must include which ofthe following?
a) Identity of the hazardous chemical
b) Nameand address of the local poison- control center
c) Appropriate hazardwarnings
d) a and c
e) None of the above
4. Identify the following acronyms:
a) HMIS, b) TCLP, c) SARA, d) EPCRA,
e) CWA, f) CERCLA, g) VOC
5. Which is not a characteristic of apermit-required confined space?
a) Limited means of entry andegress
b) Potential for oxygen-deficient atmosphere
c) Space is notintended for continuous human occupancy
d) None of the above
6. What is the best rule to follow in all liftingsituations?
a) Use a squatting lift
b) Use a stooped lift
c)Keep the load as close to the body as possible
d) Never lift more than threetimes per minute
7. Name three types of respirators.
Answers:
1(a); 2(a); 3(d); 4a,Hazardous Materials Information System, 4b, Toxic Characteristic LeachingProcedure, 4c, Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act, 4d, EmergencyPlanning & Community Right-to-Know Act, 4e, Clean Water Act, 4f,Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 4g,Volatile Organic Compound; 5(d); 6(c); 7, Air Purifying, Air Supplied,Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus.